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MerTK mediates STAT3-KRAS/SRC-signaling axis for glioma stem cell maintenance

Authors
 Hyojin Eom  ;  Neha Kaushik  ;  Ki-Chun Yoo  ;  Jin-Kyoung Shim  ;  Munjin Kwon  ;  Mi-Young Choi  ;  Taeyoung Yoon  ;  Seok-Gu Kang  ;  Su-Jae Lee 
Citation
 ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, Vol.46(sup.2) : 87-95, 2018 
Journal Title
ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN
 2169-1401 
Issue Date
2018
Keywords
KRAS ; MerTK ; SRC ; STAT3 ; self-renewal
Abstract
Receptor tyrosine kinase Mer (MerTK) has been shown to be highly expressed in Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in comparison to its healthy counterpart and is implicated in brain tumorigenesis. Clarifying the underlying mechanism of MerTK induced invasiveness would result in novel strategies to improve patient's response to chemotherapeutics. In vitro and in vivo assays were performed to examine the functional role of cancer stem sell (CSC) maintenance in MerTK associated invasiveness. In this article, we demonstrate that apart from GBM cells, MerTK is also upregulated in GBM stem-like cells and associated with an increased infiltrative potential of brain tumors in vivo. Silencing of MerTK suppressed the self-renewal of patient-derived GBM stem-like cells. The signaling mechanisms by which MerTK contributes to CSC maintenance have largely been obscure. Molecular analyses revealed that high expression of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)- Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) and proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase SRC axis supports MerTK-induced CSC maintenance in GBM spheroids. Furthermore, a short-hairpin RNA-mediated MerTK knockdown effectively blocked invasiveness and N-cadherin expression in mouse xenografts. Collectively, our results uncover a critical function of MerTK in CSC maintenance. Considering the low basal level of MerTK expression in healthy brain cells, evaluation of MerTK as a therapeutic target should advance the research into better therapeutics for GBM.
Full Text
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21691401.2018.1452022
DOI
10.1080/21691401.2018.1452022
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurosurgery (신경외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Seok Gu(강석구) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5676-2037
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/166857
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